DAILY CHRONICLE #29 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 29 VOL 14

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 58/86 DEGREES

LOCAL GAS PRICES .37- .40 CENTS BELOW NATIONAL AVERAGE OF $3.66 PER GAL. OF REGULAR UNLEADED!

 

I’M STILL PUTTING UP WITH THE PAIN ON MY TAIL BONE! WE TRIED HOT/COLD COMPRESSES BUT IT DIDN’T HELP! MOM HAD TO GO IN TO TOWN AND PICK UP SOME PRESCRIPTIONS FOR KYLIE THEN TO HELP SHANNON GET A SHOWER BEFORE HER DOCTORS APPOINTMENT! SHE JUST GOT HOME EXHAUSTED, ITS 6:20PM SHE LEFT AT ABOUT 10:30 AM!

 

I’M WONDERING WHAT THE POLITICIANS ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE “BAILOUT” THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED DOWN 2-1! PRESIDENT BUSH CAN’T SEEM TO GET HIS PARTY IN LINE FROM THE LOOKS OF IT! THE CONGRESS AND SENATE SHUT DOWN FOR “PASSOVER” AT SUN DOWN TODAY AND WILL RECONVIEN ON THURSDAY!

 

YOU TALK ABOUT “FINGER POINTING”, NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE THE BLAME! THE DOW FELL 500 POINTS IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE VOTE TALLY WAS GIVEN AND CLOSED AT --777.68 POINTS, THE LOWEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE STOCK MARKET! THE PREVIOUS LOW WAS ON THE 17^TH OF SEPTEMBER WHEN THE MARKET REOPENED AFTER 9/11! AT THAT TIME IT FELL TO –724 BUT RECOVERED FAIRLY FAST!

 

IF THEY DON’T PASS SOME KIND OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THE “MIDDLE CLASS” SOON IT COULD GET REAL STICKY! FOR NOW IT WON’T HURT THE AFFLUANT (WEALTHY) BUT IT WON’T TAKE LONG TO START EATING AWAY AT THEIR RESERVES! FROM WHAT I’VE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW DAY THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING ACROSS PARTY LINES TO SOLVE THIS VERY BAD PROBLEM! FOREIGN BANKS ARE FAILING AND THE STOCK MARKETS OF CHINA, JAPAN, FRANCE AND ENGLAND ARE IN DANGER OF COLLAPSING! RIGHT NOW THIS ECONOMY IS DRAGGING ECONOMIES AROUND THE WORD DOWN WITH IT! THE UNITED STATES HAS THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD BAR NONE BUT WITH THIS POTENTIAL CRASH IT‘S DOING HARM TO ALL THOSE PATTERNED AFTER IT AND DEPENDENT ON IT!

 

I GUESS ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAY THAT THE ALMIGHTY WILL BE A GUIDING FORCE IN THE DECISION MAKING EFFORTS OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS! MOST OF THEM BELIEVE IN SOME KIND OF SUPREME BEING AND NOW IS THE TIME TO ASK FOR ITS HELP!

 

I’M NOT GOING TO HOLD MY BREATH WAITING FOR THEM TO CLEAR UP THIS MESS! AFTER ALL THOSE IN THE KNOW SAY IT’S BEEN COMING FOR THE LAST 10-12 YEARS BUT GWB HELPED IT ALONG QUITE A BIT IN THE LAST 7 ½ YEARS! ENOUGH SAID!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

daily chronicle # 28 vol 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 28 VOL 14

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, LOW HUMIDITY, 57/87 DEGREES

 

I DIDN’T MAKE IT TO CHURCH WITH MOM THIS MORNING, I DON’T THINK I COULD HAVE SAT ON THE PEW AND THEN GETTING UP AND DOWN, I HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE AS IT IS SO I WATCHED IT THE MASS ON TV!

 

MOM HAD TO GO AND HELP SHANNON ON THE WAY HOME SO SHE DIDN’T GET HOME TILL ABOUT 11:00! I WATCHED CNN AFTER MASS AND WAS HOPPING THE POLITICIANS WOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO SHOW THE TAXPAYERS BY 12:00 NOON LIKE SPEAKER POLISI SAID THEY WOULD BUT IT CAME LATER! I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO READ IT TOMORROW IF THEY PUT IT ON THE INTERNET LIKE SHE SAID THEY WOULD!

 

I DIDN’T GET TO WATCH BRETT FAVRE DO HIS MAGIC BUT I HEARD HE THREW 6 TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN THE GAME AND BEAT THE ARIZONA CARDINALS 56/35!

MY DALLAS COWBOYS GOT BEAT 26/24 BY THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS! TONY ROMO HIT T.O. FOR TWO SCORES AND MILES AUSTIN FOR 1 THEN THE KICKER FOLK HIT A FIELD GOAL AND THAT WAS IT FOR THE BOYS! THERE WERE TWO MISSED FACE MASK CALLS BY THE OFFICIALS THAT COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE US! I’M GOING TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE NFL OFFICIATING HEADQUARTERS AND FIND OUT WHAT ACTION IS TAKEN AGAINST AN OFFICIAL WHO IS LOOKING RIGHT AT AN INFRACTION AND FAILS TO CALL IT LIKE THE FACE MASK COMMITTED AGAINST PACKMAN JONES! IF YOU REMEMBER TOM LANDRY REFUSED TO FIELD THE TEAM IF A CERTAIN OFFICIAL WAS SCHEDULED TO OFFICIATE ANY OF THE COWBOYS GAMES! THAT OFFICIAL WAS FINALLY FIRED AFTER TWO OTHER TEAMS COACHES DID THE SAME THING SO, THERE ARE WAYS TO COMBAT MISS CALLS! NEXT WEEK THEY HAVE THE CINCINATTI BENGALS! I HOPE THE COWBOYS PICK UP AND START ANOTHER WINNING STREAK!

 

COLLEEN AND DICK STOPPED BY AND WE SAT ON THE DECK AND VISITED TILL ALMOST DARK! THEY’RE LEAVING NEXT FRIDAY AS SOON AS COLLEEN GETS OFF WORK. DICK WANTS TO MAKE IT TO CLOVIS N.M. BEFORE HE SHUTS DOWN FOR THE NIGHT! I FORGOT TO ASK WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO RETURN BUT I GUESS WE’LL KNOW WHEN THEY CALL OR COME BY!

 

I HOPE TO GET THE RESULTS OF PEGGY AND PAULS RACING TOMORROW! I’LL PASS THEM ON WHEN I DO!

 

STILL NOTHING FROM MIKE AND CINDY SO WE HAVE TO ASSUME EVERYTHING IS OK!

 

KERRY AND DEBI DOING OK, HE’S STILL WORKING FROM HOME!

 

KELLY WORKED THIS WEEKEND BUT WILL BE OFF NEXT WEEKEND SO HE’LL START CHANGING THE ENGINE IN HIS TRUCK!

 

SHANNON IS DOWN TO A SOFT CAST BUT STILL CAN’T PUT ANY WEIGHT ON HER FOOT! SHE HAS TO SOAK IT ONCE A DAY IN ICE WATER THEN HOT WATER! MOM GOES AND HELPS HER BECAUSE THERE’S A SPOT SHE HAS TO PUT ANTIBOTIC ON WHERE THEY CUT OUT A SPUR!

 

TIM, ELYSE AND THE KIDS ARE DOING FINE, BOTH KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL AND I THINK ELYSE GOT THE JOB SHE’S BEEN TRYING FOR WITH TRAILBLAZERS! SHE HAD WORKED FOR THE COMPANY BEFORE BUT THIS JOB IS IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT!

 

I’LL BE GLAD WHEN THE PAIN FROM THE FALL ON MY TAIL BONE GOES AWAY, I’M NOT HAVING TO MUCH TROUBLE SETTING, IT’S GETTING UP AND SETTING DOWN THAT BOTHERS ME! OH WELL, TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS, THEY SAY!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #27 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 27 VOL 14

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 57/86 DEGREES

 

MOM HAD TO GO IN AND HELP SHANNON DO A NEW PROCEEDURE THE DOCTOR GAVE HER! HER FOOT 5 MIN IN ICE WATER THEN 5 MIN IN HOT WATER ONCE A DAY FOR 5 TIMES! THEN SHE HAD TO GO DO SOME SHOPPING TO GET A BOLT TO FIX MY WALKER! NOW IT’S BACK UP TO WHERE IT SUPPOSED TO BE!

 

I’M SETTING ON THE SEAT I GOT FROM MY CHIROPRACTOR, IT HELPS QUIT A BIT BUT MY TALI BONE IS PRETTY SORE AS WELL AS  THE UNDERSIDE OF MY LEFT LEG WHERE I MUST HAVE HIT IT ON A PIECE OF THE CHAIR FRAME! I’LL WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO DECIDE IF I NEED TO GO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THE ER OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL CAN TAKE CARE OF IT AND BILL THE VA OR THE VA IN BONHAM WILL SEND ME TO ONE OF THE NEW SATELITE CLINICS THEY’VE SET UP IN SHERMAN TX.! I DON’T THINK IT’LL BE NECESSARY BUT, IF IT STILL BOTHERS ME ON THE 2^ND OF OCTOBER WHEN I HAVE MY NEXT VA APPOINTMENT I’LL ASK THEM TO LOOK AT IT! WE DON’T HAVE A BATHTUB, ONLY A SHOWER OR I’D SOAK IN EPSOM SALTS, THAT ALWAYS HELPS THINGS LIKE THIS!

 

WE WATCHED A REAL GOOD MOVIE TONIGHT; “CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS” WITH FREDDIE BARTHALEMEW, SPENCER TRACEY, LIONAL BARRYMORE, MELVIN DOUGLAS AND OTHERS THAT CAN BE RECOGNIZED EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE YOUNG! ONE THING ABOUT THESE OLD MOVIES THEY DIDN’T USE AS MANY STANDINS AS THEY DO NOW! FREDDIE BARTHALEMEW DID HIS OWN ACTING AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE WILD SEA SCENES WHICH TAKE PLACE! WE STARTED WATCHING IT QUITE A WHILE BACK BUT THE POWER WENT OFF AND MOM SET IT UP TO RECORD THE NEXT TIME IT SHOWED!

 

AFTER MOM WENT TO BED I WATCHED A MILITARY DOCUMENTRY ABOUT THE FIRE ON THE USS ENTERPRIASE OFF OF VIETNAM IN 1959! IT ALMOST SANK THE SHIP BUT THE MEN FOUGHT THE FIRES AND SAVED IT! WHAT A MESS BUT IT MADE IT TO PEARL HARBOR AND WAS BACK ON THE LINE IN 51 DAYS! IF YOU WATCH THE DOCUMENTRY AND SEE THE DAMAGE DONE TO IT THERE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANY WAY POSSIBLE IT COULD BE RETURNED TO VIETNAM TO FIGHT IN 51 DAYS! THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN WWII THAT DID ALMOST THE SAME THING, THE USS HORNET! THE JAPANESE THOUGHT THEY HAD SUNK IT IN THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA BUT IT WAS REPAIRED AND PUT TO SEA IN 2 ½ WEEKS TO FIGHT AND DIE IN THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, IT HAD TO BE SUNK BY OUR OWN DESTROYERS USING TORPEDOES SO IT WOULDN’T BE A HAZARD TO OTHER SHIPS! THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR MEN AND THE SHIPS THEY SAIL ON! I CAN HEAR MY DAD ARGUING THE POINT WITH MY BROTHER AND COUSIN, “I WAS IN THE NAVY WHEN WE HAD IRON MEN AND WOODEN SHIPS” HE WOULD SAY AND I WAS INCLINED TO BELIEVE HIM EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONLY 12-13 AT THE TIME, AND MY BROTHER AND COUSIN HAD JUST ENLISTED IN THE NAVY, JERRY TO AVIATION ORDANANCE SCHOOL AND CHARLEY TO CORPMAN SCHOOL!

 

IT LOOKS LIKE KELLY HAS BLOWN THE ENGINE IN HIS TRUCK, HE SAID THE OIL JUST POURS OUT OF THE REAR MAIN SEAL AREA! HE IS GETTING AN ENGINE OUT OF A 1991 CHEVY PICK UP NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH AN ENGINE HOIST! HE’S GOT OTHER THINGS HE’S BEEN PUTTING OFF BUT NOW WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO GET EVERYTHING DONE! SHANNON HAD HIM BRING HER CAR OUT HERE UNTIL SHE CAN DRIVE AGAIN BECAUSE EVERYONE SAW IT SETTING AT HER APPARTMENT AND WANTED TO BORROW IT! SHE HASN’T LEARNED HOW TO SAY “NO” YET BUT SHE WILL I’M SURE! SO KELLY IS DRIVING HER CAR, WITH HER PERMISSION AFTER ALL WHEN SHE NEED SOMETHING DONE THAT HE CAN DO SHE CALLS ON HIM! TURN ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY, RIGHT?

 

MOM SAYS KONNER IS REALLY STARTING TO TALK IN SENTENCES, I STILL HAVEN’T HEARD HIM TALK BUT I HOPE TO SOON! WHEN HE COMES IN HE COMES OVER AND TOUCHES ME ON THE ARM AND THEN GOES OFF TO PLAY! HE’S FACINATED BY MY MODEL OF THE PBY HANGING ABOVE THE TV AND WILL STAND AND LOOK AT IT FOR QUITE A WHILE! ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL TAKE IT DOWN AND REALLY LET HIM SEE IT BUT HE HAS TO LEARN HE CAN’T TOUCH IT. HE’S SO ROUGH HE’D HAVE IT ALL OVER THE FLOOR IN NOTHING FLAT!

 

BECAUSE I WON’T BE ABLE TO SLEEP ON MY BACK ON ACCOUNT OF THE TAIL BONE INJURY I TOOK THE “COMFORT PILLOW” OFF THE BED! SINCE I’VE BEEN SLEEPING WITH IT MOM HASN’T HAD TO POKE MY TO ROLL OVER SO I’M SURE IT WORKS FOR SLEEP APENEA!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #26 CONTD' VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 26 CONTD’ VOL 14

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 57/85 DEGREES

 

NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE, I GOT UP ABOUT 7:10 AM TOOK SOME MEDICINE AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP TILL 10:30!

MOM FOUND A PART OF MY WALKER IN THE BACK OF THE CAR THAT HOLDS IT IN A RAISED POSITION. WE TRIED TO FIND THE BOLT THAT IT GOES ON BUT NO SUCH LUCK! I HEADED BACK UP THE RAMP AND MY LEFT LEG STARTED TO GIVE OUT SO I HEADED FOR MY CHAIR ON THE DECK BUT DIDN’T MAKE IT! I FELL INTO THE CHAIR KNOCKING IT OVER AND SAT DOWN PRETTY HARD ON THE CHUSHION BUT MUST HAVE ALSO SAT ON A PIECE OF THE FRAME WORK THAT WAS NOW ON THE FLOOR! NOW I AM SETTING ON A DONUT SINCE I MUST HAVE BRUISED MY TAIL BONE! SOMEWHERE I’VE GOT A PLASTIC SEAT MY CHIROPRACTOR GAVE ME THAT’S FOR THE RELEASE OF PRESSURE ON THE TAIL BONE AND WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL MOM GETS HOME TO FIND IT! MOM GOT HOME AND FOUND THE SEAT FOR ME, AWWWW, RELIEF! IF IT’S NOT ONE THING IT’S ANOTHER, RIGHT?

 

WE WATCHED THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE LAST NIGHT! TO ME ALL JOHN MCCAIN DID WAS ATTACK OBAMA, NOT ONCE DID HE MENTION THE “MIDDLE CLASS!” THEN WE HEARD ABOUT ALL HIS WAR TIME EPISODES AND EVRYTHING HE DID IN THE SENATE WHICH INCIDENTLY THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA PAID HIM WELL TO DO FOR THEM! EVERY TIME OBAMA WOULD MENTION A COUNTRY OF THE WORLD MCCAIN WOULD COME BACK SAYING “I’VE BEEN THERE AND KNOW THE HEAD OF STATE PERSONALLY” OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT!

WITH ALL THE TRAVELING MCCAIN DID OVER THE YEARS HE’S BEEN IN THE SENATE WHEN DID HE HAVE TIME TO TAKE PART IN THE ACTIVITIES? IF I HAD TO VOTE ON THE TWO BASED ON A SCALE OF 1-10 I’D HAVE TO GIVE OBAMA A 7 AND MCCAIN A 3! OBAMA AT LEAST HAD AN ANSWER FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS THE MODERATOR ASKED AND SO DID MCCAIN BUT THEN MCCAIN WOULD DRIFT OFF IN TO THE PAST! THIS SEEMS TO BE A CHARACTERISTIC TRAIT OF OLDER PEOPLE! I’M 78 AND CATCH MYSELF DOING THE SAMETHING, A CONVERSATION WILL START OUT ON A CURRANT TOPIC AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I’M BACK IN THE PAST SOMEWHERE COMPARING IT WITH SOMETHING I’VE DONE OR EXPERIENCED! I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST EXPERIENCE, IT’S THE GREATEST TEACHER THERE IS BUT WE DON’T WANT A PRESIDENT MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T PERTAIN TO THE CURRANT SITUATIONM HE’S FACING AND I’M AFRAID JOHN MCCAIN WOULD BE DOING JUST THAT, TRYING TO FIND A PAST EXPERIENCE TO HELP MAKE A JUDGEMANT CALL THAT COULD HAVE THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF LIVES DEPENDING ON IT! SO MUCH FOR POLITICS THAT I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT IN THE CHRONICLE, RIGHT?

 

I’M STILL NOT 100% BUT I DO FELL A LITTLE BETTER!

 

THAT’S“30”FOR THIS ABREVIADED ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #26 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 26 VOL 14

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, MED HUMIDITY, 57/85 DEGREES

 

IN CASE YIOU HAVEN’T NOTICED THIS IS THE 2^ND FRIDAY CHRONICLE, THE OTHER ONE WAS ACTUALLY THURSDAYS!

 

I’M GOING TO PASS ON THIS ONE SIMPLY BECAUSE I’M EXHAUSTED AND NEED TO GET TO BED!

 

I’LL BRING YOU UP TO DATE TOMORROW!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #25 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 25 VOL 14

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, HIGH HUMIDITY, 60/86 DEGREES

 

MOM SAYS I GOT UP THIS MORNING AND CAME OUT AND SAT DOWN AND ATE BREAKFAST AND TALKED TO HER FOR A WHILE THEN GOT UP AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND WENT BACK IN OUR BEDROOM AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP! I DON’T REMEMBER ANY OF THIS HAPPENING THIS MORNING, IT SEEMS TO ME IT WAS YESTERDAY MORNING! OH WELL, I WOKE UP ABOUT 3:00 AND GOT UP AND WENT OUT AND FOUND A NOTE FROM MOM TELLING ME MY LUNCH WAS IN THE FRIDGE! THEN I REMEMBERED SHE HAD TO GO TAKE KYLIE TO HER DOCTORS APPOINTMENT AT 4:00!

I WENT AHEAD AND ATE LUNCH AND TURNED ON CNN TO SEE WHAT THOSE DUMMIES IN WASHINGTON WERE DOING ABOUT THE $700 BILLION BAILOUT! YOU KNOW THEY DON’T EVEN MENTION THE $300 BILLION THEY ALREADY TOOK TO BAIL OUT FANNIE MAY, FREDDY MAC AND LEHMAN BROS. IF MY MATH IS RIGHT THAT ADDED TO THE $700BILLION MEANS THEY ARE GOING TO USE $1 TRILLION OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO BAILOUT BIG BUSINESS AND THE TAXPAYERS WHO ARE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR HOMES, SMALL BUSINESSES, JOBS AND SAVINGS ARE LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES! CALL YOU’RE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEMAND THEY NOT LET THIS HAPPEN UNDER THE THREAT OF RECALL! YOU DO REALIZE THESE PEOPLE WORK YOU AND ME DON’T YOU? A TIME COMES WHEN WE NEED TO TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND LET IT KNOW JUST WHO HOLDS THE PURSE STRINGS IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE KNOW WHEN TO TIE THE KNOT IN THEM! MY IDEA IS NOT TO JUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SITUATION OUT OF FEAR LIKE GEORGE W. BUSH AND DICK CHENEY HAD US DO OVER THE SUPPOSED THREAT OF SADDAM HEUSINE’S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! LET THIS COOL DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND SEE IF THE PEOPLE WHO IT’S GOING TO HURT NAMELY WALL STREET AND THE BANKS CAN COME UP WITH A SOLUTION BETWEEN THEMSELVES, I’LL BET THEY DO!

 

I HOPE THE DEBATE GOES ON AS PLANNED, WE NEED THIS TO SEE WHO CAN DO MORE THAN ONE THING AT A TIME OR, IN OTHER WORDS; “WHO CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME!”

 

GARY AND CHARLEEN LATINIS AND CHARLEENS SISTER CAME BY FOR A VISIT YESTERDAY! WE HAVEN’T SEEN BETT FOR QUITE A WHILE! THEY’RE TAKING HER TO MIAMI FOR THE FAMILY REUNION OF HER HUSBANDS FAMILY. ERNIE DIED A FEW YEARS BACK!

 

IN MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL I WAS KEEPING MY NOSE TO THE GRIND STONE STUDYING AND STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE! BECAUSE I BACK OFF ROM FIGHTS I GOT THE NAME OF CHICKEN! SOME OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYER GOT TOGETHER AND PUT THE SCHOOL BULLY, “TINY ORCHID” UP TO CHIDDING ME ON THE QUADRANGLE TO FIGHT HIM! I DIDN’T WANT TO BUT HE KEPT PUSHING ME AND I WENT DOWN AFTER I STUMBLED OVER A STACK OF BOOKS! WHEN I STOOD UP HE GOT RIGHT UP IN MY FACE AND PROCEEDED TO CALL ME NAMES IN MEXICAN. I DON’T KNOW WHERE ALL THE TEACHERS HAD GONE BUT THERE WEREN’T ANY AROUND SO I GRABBED HIM BY THE THROAT AND DROVE MY RIGHT FIST INTO HIS FACE AS HARD AS I COULD! IT SPLATTERED HIS NOSE ALL OVER HIS FACE AND HE WENT LIMP IN MY GRASP SO I LET HIM GO! HE WENT DOWN AND PUT HIS HANDS UP TO HIS FACE! I BACK UP A STEP AND WAITED FOR HIM TO REACH FOR THE BOOT KNIFE I KNEW HE CARRIED WHICH HE DID! I HIT HIM AGAIN THIS TIME IN THE STOMACH AND WHEN HE DOUBLED OVER I GRABBED THE KNIFE AND THREW IT AWAY! THEY NEVER DID FIND IT. I GUESSED SOMEONE PICKED IT UP AND KEPT IT!  BY THIS TIME HE WAS CRYING AND THE HATE THAT HE FELT WAS SHOWING IN HIS EYES! I ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED MORE AND HE SHOOK HIS HEAD NO SO I BACKED AWAY AND WENT IN THE REST ROOM AND WAS GETTING CLEANED UP WHEN BILL KING, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ESQUDAROS CLUB CAME IN AND ASKED IF HE COULD HELP ME! I JUST LOOKED AT HIM AND HE LEFT! THEN HARVEY BELL CAME IN, HE WAS OUR FIRST STRING GUARD, HE SHOOK MY HAND AND APPOLOGIZED FOR THE GUYS WHO PUT TINY UP TO DOING THIS! I GOT RIGHT IN HARVEY’S FACE AND TOLD HIM STAY AWAY FROM ME OR I’D GIVE HIM SOME OF THE SAME!

BILL MASON WAS WITNESS TO THIS, HE HAD GRADUATED THE YEAR BEFORE BUT CAME TO SEE ME AND WE WERE GOING ROLLER SKATING THAT NIGHT! THE NEXT TIME I SAW TINY ORCHID WAS ABOUT A WEEK LATER WHEN HE CAME UP TO ME AS I LEFT SCHOOL AND WAS HEADED FOR MY MOTOR SCOOTER! HE WALKED UP AND SHOOK MY HAND AND SAID HE NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD FIGHT HIM AND WAS REALLY SUPPRISED WHEN I THREW THE FIRST PUNCH AND IT WAS A GOOD ONE! WE WERE PASSING ACQUAINTENCES AFTER THAT BUT NOT FRIENDS!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD

 

DAILY CHRONICLE #24 VOL 14

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 24 VOL 14

WEDNASDAY SEPTEMBER 24^TH 2008

WEATHER; WARM, HIGH HUMIDITY, 61/87 DEGREES

 

SLOW, SLOW, SLOW I WONDER IF ANYTHING WORTH REPORTING IS GOING TO HAPPEN AROUND HERE ANYMORE! MOM DID GO TO TAKE KYLIE FOR HER DOCTORS APPOINTMENT! IF IT WASN’T FOR SHANNON, KYLIE OR KONNER NEEDING RIDES TO ONE PLACE OR ANOTHER THERE WOULDN’T BE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON!

 

PEGGY RACES THE 24^TH- 26^TH AT FALLON NEV.! IT’S THE DIVISON FINALS! WHEN SHE GIVES ME THE RESULTS I’LL PASS THEM ON TO YOU IN THE CHRONICLE! I HOPE SHE AND PAUL FINISH IN THE MONEY! IT’S BEEN ALL OUT GO AND NO INCOME THIS YEAR WITH THE CLOSING OF THE LACR TRACK  AND THE PROBLEMS SHE’S HAD WITH HER CAR BUT THE LAST I TALKED TO HER SHE SEEMED TO THINK THEY’VE SOLVED THE PROBLEMS!

 

I DON’T KNOW IF I MENTIONED THIS OR NOT IN THE CHRONICLE BUT, HER AND PAULS SPONSOR IS PAULS BROTHER, JOHN CALVERT OF CALVERT RACING AND RACE SUSPENSION AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY! AND ALL THEIR RACE CARS ARE FORDS! WELL, FORD IS BUILDING 50 OF THE COBRA JET MUSTANG CARS! THESE CARS ARE FOR DRAG RACING ONLY AND CAN’T BE REGISTERED FOR STREET USE! THE VIN # IS THE SERIAL # OF THE CAR!

DETAILS HAVE EMERGED ON THE NEW 2008 FORD RACING COBRA JET MUSTANG ALSO KNOWN AS THE FR500CJ.  THE NEW COBRA JET MUSTANG (FR500CJ) WILL JOIN FORD RACING’S TWO OTHER SUCCESSFUL ROAD RACING MUSTANGS, THE FR500C AND FR500S AS TURN-KEY RACE CARS AVAILABLE THROUGH FORD DEALERS. THE CARS WILL BE BUILT IN DECEMBER OF 2008 AND SHIPPED TO CUSTOMERS IN FEBRUARY OF 2009.

THE FR500CJ WILL BE A FACTORY-BUILT RACE CAR WITH A 400 HORSEPOWER 5.4L DOHC SUPERCHARGED ENGINE WITH A 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAT IS STANDARD, AN OPTIONAL AUTOMATIC WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE.   THE CAR ITSELF WILL BE LIGHTWEIGHT AT 3,300 LBS AND WILL BE NHRA LEGAL TO 10.00 SECOND ET’S ALONG WITH THE INTERIOR BEING NHRA STOCK ELIMINATOR LEGAL INTERIOR.  IT WILL COME WITH A UNIQUE TRIM AND APPEARANCE PACKAGE, DRAG RACE WHEEL/TIRE COMBINATION AND A COBRA JET GRAPHICS PACKAGE.  FORD SAYS THERE WILL BE AN INITIAL 50 UNIT PRODUCTION RUN WITH THE MSRP BEING $69,900.

VEHICLE CONTENT:

• 400 HP (EST.) 5.4L DOHC SUPERCHARGED ENGINE
• 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION STANDARD; OPTIONAL AUTOMATIC TBD
• NHRA LEGAL TO 10.00 SEC ETS
• NHRA STOCK ELIMINATOR LEGAL INTERIOR
• LIGHTWEIGHT - 3,300 LBS (EST.)
• UNIQUE TRIM AND APPEARANCE PACKAGE
• DRAG RACE WHEEL/TIRE COMBINATION
• COBRA JET GRAPHICS PACKAGE 

 

I WOULD IMAGINE JOHN CALVERT IS PRETTY HIGH UP IN THE FORD RING OF CHAMPION DRAG RACE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE HONOR OF RECEIVING ONE OF THESE CARS! HE ALREADY HAS THE 1968 COBRA JET CAR THAT HE RACES IN SUPER STOCK! HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED THIS NEW COBRA JET AT THE WINTERNATIONALS!

COLLEEN AND DICK ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR LAS VEGAS FOR THEIR WEDDING. DICKS SON AND HIS NEW WIFE ARE GOING WITH THEM SO HIS SON CAN STAND UP FOR HIS DAD! WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THEY’LL BE GONE OR IF THEY’RE COMING STRAIGHT BACK AFTER THE WEDDING!

 

MIKE, CINDY AND THE BOYS, TAYLOR AND DYLON MUST BE DOING OK SINCE WE HAVEN’T HEARD FROM THEM!

I DID TALK TO KERRY YESTERDAY WHILE HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO MOBILE, AL. TO PICK UP A NEW LAP TOP COMPUTER THE COMPANY GOT FOR HIM! HE HAD BEEN TO HOUSTON TO HIS NEW OFFICE TO PICK UP SOME MANUALS HE NEEDS WHILE WORKING AT HOME! HE SAID THE NEW OFFICE IS READY TO MOVE INTO BUT THERE AREN’T ANY HOTELS OR MOTELS OPERATING WHERE HE CAN STAY AND I’M SURE THERE AREN’T ANY HOUSES FOR RENT OR LEASE AFTER IKE DID HIS JOB ON THE AREA SO HE’LL CONTINUE WORKING FROM HOME! THAT SEEMS TO BE A WELL MANAGED COMPANY HE’S WORKING FOR BUT, I’M SURE HE DOESN’T OVER STEP THE BOUNDRIES THEY’VE GIVEN HIM TO WORK WITHIN AND HE DOESN’T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS POSITION WITHIN THE COMPANY STRUCTURE! I GUESS DEBI IS GETTING USED TO HAVING HIM HOME 24/7 TILL HE CAN MOVE HIS OFFICE INTO THE NEW FACILITY IN HOUSTON!

 

KELLY, GLENDA, HALEY JO AND KONNER ARE DOING OK! IF I DIDN’T MENTION IT, GLENDA AGREED TO TAKE CARE OF KONNER TILL SHANNON’S BACK ON BOTH FEET WHICH SHOULD BE A COUPLE OF MORE WEEKS!

 

SHANNON HAS HAD A COUPLE OF SET BACKS WTH HER LEG THAT WAS OPERATED ON! HER PHYSICAL THERAPISTS PULLED ON THE OPERATED LEG BECAUSE SHE TOLD HIM IT WAS HURTING WELL, HE MUST HAVE PULLED ON THE REPAIR TO THE ACHILESE TENDON AND THE DOCTOR HAD TO TAKE X-RAYS TO SEE IF HE DAMAGED IT, HE HADN’T! IT JUST HURT SO HE TOLD SHANNON TO TELL HIM TO KEEP HIS HANDS OFF HIS PATIENT TILL SHE’S RECOVERED! I DON’T REMEMBER THE 2^ND SET BACK!

 

TIM, ELYSE AND THE KIDS, BRADLEY AND KYRA ARE DOING OK! WE WENT DOWN TO WATCH THE COWBOYS AND PACKERS PLAY SUNDAY NIGHT, WE WERE GOING TO STAY ALL NIGHT BUT THEIR A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT AND I WAS WIDE AWAKE WHEN THE GAME GOT OVER SO WE CAME ON HOME! I HAVEN’T HEARD WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS GOING TO BE ON REPLACING JUST THE COMPRESSOR AND AIR HANDLER OR THE COMPLETE UNIT YET! IT’S NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP! THEY MAY JUST WAIT TILL NEXT SPRING TO FIX THE A/C SINCE IT’S STARTING TO COOL OFF AN THAT WILL GIVE THEM TIME TO GATHER UP WHAT THEY’LL NEED TO DO THE JOB! PERSONALLY I THINK THEY’VE HAD WAY TOO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE HOUSE SINCE THEY BOUGHT IT BUT THAT’S THEIR BUSINESS! IT’S A WELL EQUIPED HOUSE WITH A TWO CAR ATTACHED GARRAGE, BIG CAR PORT AND A NICE WORK SHOP THAT TIM LOVES! HE AND BRADLEY DO SOME WOOD WORK IN THERE!

 

GEE, FOR HAVING NOTHING TO REPORT I SURE HAVE TAKEN UP A LOT SPACE ON THE COMPUTER! TILL I GET GOING I NEVER KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO WRITE ABOUT AS YOU CAN SEE!

 

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

 

HOWARD